Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

When Heroes Fall by Giana Darling

8 reviews

mamacita88's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infertility, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Blood, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Vomit, Trafficking, and Religious bigotry

embelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This was my book club’s pick this month…Though it wasn’t my favorite book of this genre, I was intrigued enough to pick up the second book in the duology. The book was fast paced and I was wanting to know what happened next, even if many of the characters themselves were not the best. Be prepared for almost every possible trigger warning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

secondhandbookshelves's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This was a buddy read and I waffled the entire time between liking and hating the two main characters.

This probably isn't a spoiler, but hey, let's mark it like one anyway since it talks about how the characters change during the story. (I refuse to say character development)

at first I adored Elena, strong, unflappable, smart lady that she is, and was annoyed with the buffoon who got such marvelous advice as "I say, have fun with the girl. Hell, make her cry, get her to quit, whatever you want." who then proceeded to announce (frequently) how much he would like to break her, corrupt her, destroy her, and f*ck with her. Also, this quote from his point of view: "I knew with the right training and a patient master, she would be glorious." 
And immediately after that he talks for half a page about how he will force her to be his.
Big no from me 🚩🚩

Then around the halfway mark Elena had turned into a simp who could only think about being with HIM and actively goes about destroying the life shes been working for and building since age 11.....
And he suddenly was a poet who desires nothing more than her to be safe and loved and healed from her past. 

In conclusion, they're both idiots and may they be happy in book two which I will not read 👍🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Torture, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

faith99's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Gaslighting

hartjechimene's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence and Sexual violence

rickireadss's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

this was SO GOOD!!! the beginning was slower in the fact that not a lot happened & it was a bunch of info-dump but i enjoyed that. the banter between dante and elena >>>>> UNMATCHED. i have so much of it highlighted on my kindle because AH-MAZING. i absolutely loved them both so much. the last like 30% - ACTION PACKED. literally all the vibes i want in a mafia romance omfg. i am so excited to pick up the next one because omfg that ending had me melting 😌

⚠️: infidelity (not between the mcs), murder, violence, gun violence, grooming, adult/minor relationship, abuse, domestic abuse, child abuse, death of parent, torture, kidnapping, blood, infertility, miscarriage, sexual assault, trafficking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Blood, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

_barb's review

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

 2. 5 stars that I can't round down to 2, but giving it a 3 would be, in my opinon, too generous.  
This book is among the favorites of a close friend, and I was super excited to read it. And honestly, I can see how and why she loved it. It has the angst, the bickering, the steam. However, it is not really the story I had issue with. It was the writing. 
Personally, there was too much "show" and not enough "tell". The auhtor goes out of her way to explain every relationship to the reader: relations, backstories, best friends. Motives. I would've preferred to see those things explored differently, by giving the characters time to interact with eachother and for readers to see the connection between them. Or hate. 

All in all, I am very sorry I didn't enjoy this book as I wanted to, especially because I know how much someone close to me loves it. Sadly, it wasn't a book for me, but I am glad I've read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Sexual violence

readwithelle's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Torture, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol